Foster City, California Foster City, California City of Foster City Aerial view of Foster City Aerial view of Foster City Official seal of Foster City, California Foster City, California is positioned in the US Foster City, California - Foster City, California Foster City is a prepared city positioned in San Mateo County, California.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 30,567.
Foster City is sometimes considered to be part of Silicon Valley for its small-town trade and its adjacency to Silicon Valley cities. Foster City was established in the 1960s on engineered landfill in the marshes of the San Francisco Bay, on the east edge of San Mateo.
Jack Foster, a real estate magnate who owned much of the territory comprising the town/city and who was instrumental in its initial design.
Forbes ranked Foster City #10 on their 2009 list of America's Top 25 Towns to Live Well.
Money has also recognized Foster City multiple times as one of the Best Places to Live.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 19.8 square miles (51 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) is territory and 16.1 square miles (42 km2) is water.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Foster City had a populace of 30,567.
The ethnic makeup of Foster City was 13,912 (45.5%) White, 576 (1.9%) African American, 29 (0.1%) Native American, 13,746 (45.0%) Asian, 189 (0.6%) Pacific Islander, 575 (1.9%) from other competitions, and 1,540 (5.0%) from two or more competitions.
The populace was spread out with 6,913 citizens (22.6%) under the age of 18, 1,526 citizens (5.0%) aged 18 to 24, 9,801 citizens (32.1%) aged 25 to 44, 8,223 citizens (26.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,104 citizens (13.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
The 2009 median home price in Foster City was $1,025,000.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 35.3% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who are 65 years of age or older.
According to Money Magazine, the median income for a homehold in Foster City is $135,470. The median income for a family is $118,231. Males have a median income of $77,916 versus $51,157 for females.
In the California State Legislature, Foster City is in the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill, and in the 22nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Kevin Mullin. In the United States House of Representatives, Foster City is in California's 14th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jackie Speier. See also: San Mateo-Foster City School District Foster City is home to four enhance schools in the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District.
Foster City Elementary School (which has recently been remodeled), Brewer Island Elementary School, and Audubon Elementary School serve kindergarten through fifth grades.
There is no high school positioned east of Highway 101 so Foster City high school students attend the enhance schools in the San Mateo Union High School District and other private high schools in San Francisco Bay Area.
All four enhance schools in Foster City (Audubon School, Brewer Island School, Foster City School, and Bowditch Middle School) have won California Distinguished School awards.
Foster City has one private Jewish day school: Ronald C.
Foster City also has one private elementary school: Kids Connection is a kindergarten fifth undertaking school.
Foster City, like most of the peninsula, has a mild Mediterranean climate, with warm dry summers, and cool wet winters.
Metro Center, one of Foster City's biggest retail/office complexes began consolidating various scattered offices in San Mateo, California to a locale in Foster City. Visa's command posts were in Foster City, and Visa became Foster City's biggest employer.
Visa continued to keep employees at the Foster City offices. As of 2009, after the command posts move, the Foster City facilities remained the company's center of employment, and the post-headquarters move Foster City buildings homed 2,400 employees as of 2009. Other companies with command posts in Foster City: According to the City's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 9 City of Foster City 244 Foster City boasts 24 parks occupying more than 200 acres (0.8 km2), including many enhance tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, basketball courts, and rollerblading/biking trails along the San Francisco Bay.
Foster City also boasts: World Class Windsurfing and Kite-Surfing A world-class windsurfing and kite-surfing spot in the San Francisco Bay can be found inside the town/city limits of Foster City.
It serves as the locale for the Foster City Summer concerts.
In addition, Foster City maintains an extensive 218-acre (0.9 km2), man-made enclosed lagoon system.
Foster City is one of the nation's safest cities.
Foster City's Werder Pier is a remainder of the initial expanse of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.
A number of San Francisco experienced athletes have called Foster City home.
Peter Thiel, the gay libertarian billionaire, political activist, and founder of Pay - Pal was raised in Foster City.
Norman Hsu, the Hong Kong born convicted criminal (Ponzi scheme scam artist) and political activist is a former resident of Foster City.
The movie Over the Edge is based upon affairs occurring in Foster City, chronicled in a 1973 article titled "Mousepacks: Kids on a Crime Spree" in the San Francisco Examiner.
Foster City TV broadcasts a range of programs related to operation of and life in Foster City.
Foster City TV provides programming through a dedicated Government-access tv (GATV) channel.
Herb Perez, 1992 Olympic gold medalist in Tae Kwon Do, formerly served as chairman of the Foster City parks and recreation committee. Perez also appeared as himself (with the nickname "Olympus") on '90s martial-arts TV series WMAC Masters.
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